Development of Abacus Learning Media to Stimulate Early Reading Ability For Early Childhood

Abstract

The background of the problem in this research is the lack of variety of learning media that can be used by teachers in the classroom to stimulate early childhood reading skills, there are still many teachers who use textbooks as the main guide so that children become bored and bored in early reading activities, to It is necessary to develop learning media to stimulate early childhood reading abilities. The method in this research is the research and development method. Data collection techniques use questionnaires, interviews, observation and documentation. The research subjects were students from group B of KB Zanjabila Condongcatur Depok Sleman, totaling 12 students. The data analysis technique uses qualitative descriptive analysis techniques. The results of research and development show that; (1) development design for word abacus learning media, namely by making word abacus media designs and letter cards, making prototypes of word abacus learning media, making game designs, instruction books, identification stickers and mascots through the Canva application, sticking to designs that have been printed, media abacus learning words ready to use; (2) the stages of using the word abacus learning media are divided into 2 variations of the game, namely TSC (guess-arrange-match) and THA (guess the initial letter) (3) the feasibility of the word abacus learning media based on the overall average score of the validators is 4.3. It was concluded that the word abacus learning media is very feasible and can be used to stimulate early reading skills for young children